News from the industry

Former ServiceMaster exec nominated for cabinet postFormer ServiceMaster executive vice president Steven Preston, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration since 2006, has been nominated by President Bush to be Secretary of Housing & Urban Development.

Bush praised Preston as "a reformer who would act aggressively to help Americans obtain affordable mortgages and be able to keep their homes."

EnvirOx promotes two to VPJanSan manufacturer EnvirOx LLC of Danville, IL, has promoted Larry Lopata to vice president of sales and Josh Clemence to vice president of operations.

Lopata, who joined EnvirOx in July 2003, has previously worked as national sales manager and Western regional sales manager at EnvirOx.

Clemence has been manager of manufacturing, and had also worked on regulatory and legal affairs, product development, information technology, and the creation of company-wide reporting systems at EnvirOx.

Pro-Link hires sales VPPro-Link, a JanSan marketing and buying group based in Canton, MA, has hired Brian Slack as vice president of sales.